still photos out of focus on timeline

[Mike Kujbida]

If yo don’t have a lot of slides to scan, my recommendation is to find a professional photo place that has a real slide scanner. They typically scan at around 2400 dpi or higher and have various correction tools (dust removal, exposure correction, etc.) built into them. I just looked online and found places doing it as cheap as 25 cents per slide (3500 x 2900 jpeg image).

[Jonathan Lyle]

Thanks I think I will do it the old fashioned way…Slide projector on screen, shot by my DSLR.
Even so, why the blurry images on the timeline???

[Greg Barringer]

Can you email me one or two of the scanned photos at 1600dpi?
I’m a professional photographer, I’ll take a look.
barringer4@comcast.net

[Jonathan Lyle]

here you are…slide scanned at 1600dpi..thanks

[Greg Barringer]

The photo looks the same in Vegas as they do in your download. Typical quality for a scanned slide. Are you sure it’s not just your Preview Quality in Vegas? Maybe try rendering a short timeline and see how it looks.

The scans could use a little work in Photoshop. Tools like the Healing Brush can remove a lot of the dust. Some clean air from a can before you scan may also help.

[Jonathan Lyle]

Hi Greg, thanks for the suggestions. I am not too concerned with imperfections.This is s long standing family project, over 1,400 slides.
I already tried rendering a few slides on the timeline to no avail. Oh well, I may try another program or the projector route. cheers!

[Greg Barringer]

I can help. I’ve done plenty of these. What settings are you using?
Here’s one that’s all slides in the first half.
https://vimeo.com/7870516

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[Jonathan Lyle]

Hi Mike, to begin,thankyou for your efforts…
I also tried proven stills I have shot with dslr.
Once again they are fine bringing into Vegas 9…. until I put them on the timeline.
I have tried various preview settings, to no avail!!
I am convinced it is a flaw in Vegas.
Thankyou, Jon

[Wayne Waag]

“I am convinced it is a flaw in Vegas.”

I still have a copy of Vegas 9 on my system and it works fine. One thing that you have not provided is your Project settings. For example, if you want to make a DVD and your project settings are simply NTSC DV (720×480), a high-res photo WILL appear blurry on the timeline, especially if you have a large preview display area–E.g. on a 2nd monitor. Change that to an HD project (e.g. HD-1080 60i). Once you apply these project settings, the timeline will become much sharper. In any case, it really doesn’t matter how it appears on the timeline–it only matters how it looks on the final rendered output.

wwaag

[Greg Barringer]

Not a flaw. I’ve been making high quality video with stills since 2003 using Vegas. As Wayne said, look at your project settings.